A 19-year-old Canadian woman has been found dead, with her body surrounded by a pack of dingoes on a popular Australian beach, according to local officials. The body of ...

A football fan who died by suicide believed he would be "better off dead", and "predatory" gambling websites had "consumed his mind", his family told an inquest.Oliver Long, 36, ...

EPAOne person has died and 300 properties have been destroyed in bushfires that have torn across south-east Australia. The fires have raged in dozens of locations across the country ...

Bob Weir, the guitarist who co-founded the Grateful Dead, has died aged 78.Weir, a cornerstone of the California psychedelic rock group and many of its offshoots, passed away after ...

Toni Connor and Luke SprouleBBC News NI Family handoutEllen Whitla pictured beside her granddaughter Kaci Gibson The family of a County Down pensioner who was found unresponsive after being ...

Catherine MorrisonBBC News NIBBCSoldier F is accused of murdering James Wray (left) and William McKinneyA man has told the trial of Soldier F how he tried to help a ...

A man has died and seven people have been treated for the suspected effects of carbon monoxide poisoning at a takeaway.Emergency crews were sent to a shop in Cresswell ...

A huge manhunt is under way for a "heavily armed" male suspect after two Australian police officers were shot dead and one injured in an ambush at a property ...

Danai Nesta KupembaBBC NewsAnadolu via Getty ImagesAcross Europe several countries have been battling wildfiresSpain has sent 500 more troops to fight raging wildfires, bringing the total deployed to 1,900, ...

Tiffanie TurnbullBBC News, SydneyAustralian MuseumBefore koalas became Australia's animal ambassadors, the country tried platypus diplomacyIn 1943, a camouflaged ship set off from Australia to England carrying top secret cargo ...

Sam Read/BBCA car came off the A505 and hit a house in Cromwell Way in RoystonAn 18-year-old has died and two others have been seriously injured after a car ...

Bali police have arrested two people over a shooting which killed one Australian and seriously injured another.Zivan Radmanovic, 32, was shot dead just after midnight on Saturday after two ...